Tropospheric ozone pollution has been worsened over most regions of China,adversely affecting human health and ecosystems.The long-term ozone concentration depends largely upon atmospheric circulations.Here,we conduct...Tropospheric ozone pollution has been worsened over most regions of China,adversely affecting human health and ecosystems.The long-term ozone concentration depends largely upon atmospheric circulations.Here,we conducted meteorological adjustment to quantitatively assess the influences of meteorological factors on the ozone evolution in China's seven city clusters during thewarm season(April to October)from 2013 to 2020.Our analysis indicated that northern and eastern regions experienced ozone increases driven by emission changes.Southern regions,particularly the Pearl River Delta(PRD),exhibited ozone rise primarily due to meteorological conditions despite emission changes.In the Sichuan Basin(SCB)and Central Yangtze River Plain(CYP),where ozone levels decreased,meteorological conditions played a significant role in suppressing the ascent of ozone.Empirical orthogonal functions(EOF)analyses suggested that the spatiotemporal trend ofmeteorologyassociated ozone was strongly correlated with the variation of East Asian Trough(EAT),South Asian High(SAH)and the western Pacific subtropical high(WPSH).The top three EOF patterns explained 33.4%,21.8%,and 16.0%of the total variance inmeteorology-associated ozone.Absolute principal component scores-multiple linear regression(APCS-MLR)analyse quantitatively identified that enhanced EAT and SAH with a northward location of WPSH were favourable to surface ozone formation in central and eastern regions,but unfavourable to ozone formation in edge regions such as SCB.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42377095)the Open Research Fund Program of Plateau Atmosphere and Environment Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province(No.PAEKL-2024-K01)Xianyang Key Research and Development Program(No.L2022ZDYFSF040).
文摘Tropospheric ozone pollution has been worsened over most regions of China,adversely affecting human health and ecosystems.The long-term ozone concentration depends largely upon atmospheric circulations.Here,we conducted meteorological adjustment to quantitatively assess the influences of meteorological factors on the ozone evolution in China's seven city clusters during thewarm season(April to October)from 2013 to 2020.Our analysis indicated that northern and eastern regions experienced ozone increases driven by emission changes.Southern regions,particularly the Pearl River Delta(PRD),exhibited ozone rise primarily due to meteorological conditions despite emission changes.In the Sichuan Basin(SCB)and Central Yangtze River Plain(CYP),where ozone levels decreased,meteorological conditions played a significant role in suppressing the ascent of ozone.Empirical orthogonal functions(EOF)analyses suggested that the spatiotemporal trend ofmeteorologyassociated ozone was strongly correlated with the variation of East Asian Trough(EAT),South Asian High(SAH)and the western Pacific subtropical high(WPSH).The top three EOF patterns explained 33.4%,21.8%,and 16.0%of the total variance inmeteorology-associated ozone.Absolute principal component scores-multiple linear regression(APCS-MLR)analyse quantitatively identified that enhanced EAT and SAH with a northward location of WPSH were favourable to surface ozone formation in central and eastern regions,but unfavourable to ozone formation in edge regions such as SCB.
